The word
"granddaddy" refers to a person's grandfather, which is the father of their own parent.
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Wolfenstein 3D is the great
granddaddy of modern first person shooters.
For non-Olympian Day is hard of hearing, wears bifocals, has back trouble, is slightly lame, has had ulcers, is known
as Granddaddy to two small boys in his family and is 54 years old.
But where a film like The Silence of the Lambs perversely reassures its captive audience that no matter the procreative ingenuity of a predator's unslakeable bloodlust, there's always a corn - fed, buttermilk - scrubbed farm girl there to put him away (and Taking Lives falls into this camp), there are films like
granddaddy In Cold Blood (and great - grandpappy Psycho) that disdain the easy treatment of societal cancers.
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Antrim Playhouse's latest production «Dividing the Estate» is a play about a dysfunctional family in Texas that becomes even more dysfunctional
when granddaddy dies.
The equal - opportunity,
granddaddy longlegs of all curmudgeons, Myron Lieberman, manages in one volume to savage teachers unions, education schools, the Education Writers Association, the New York Times, the Washington Post, education research, egalitarian school - choice proponents, and conservatives Diane Ravitch, Terry Moe, -LSB-...]
With truly epic entries from
big granddaddies» of the genre, Dream Theater (The Astonishing) and new kings, Haken (Affinity), fans around the world have been rejoicing.
Divorce mediators John and Jeremy (Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn) crash weddings to get laid and, over the course of a delirious montage set to Otis Day's version of «Twist and Shout» (a wink
at granddaddy Animal House, natch), we get to indulge in their hedonistic glory.
is not a «reboot», but rather will continue the mythology set up by the first two movies (Carpenter's
slasher granddaddy and Rick Rosenthal's fun, flawed follow - up):
What if we viewed painting of the last 60 years with her as the progenitor, rather than the more commonly
named granddaddy, Jackson Pollock?
Next week we'll cover SPG's Starpoints and in the final week we'll take on the
current granddaddy of them all, the Chase Ultimate Rewards program.
Storage
industry granddaddy EMC (EMC) entered the game by buying the firm ScaleIO in July 2013, and there are a number of competing startups, including Nexenta, Maxta, and Nutanix, as well as Red Hat Gluster and Ceph.
You whites on this blog really have a nerve judging the problems that your
racists granddaddies caused.
The
ongoing granddaddy spicy foods show; the National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show is produced by Dave DeWitt and his company, Sunbelt Shows, Inc..
The Eat - Stop - Eat style of dieting, pioneered by
IF Granddaddy Brad Pilon, is the definitive guide on fasting.
single black male, looking for his best friend first and see what fate has plan for you later, been big brother, uncle, and some
times granddaddy to his family.
In 1943 the Wrangler's great -
granddaddy waded ashore in Sicily, to help settle the big war; in 2009 Jeep was one of the main reasons for Fiat's purchase of the Chrysler Group.
Despite Granddaddy's attempt to warn the mayor of the city that the ominous plunge in the barometer means the approach of a dangerous storm, a tragic flood strikes.
The
undisputed granddaddy of theme parks has been leading the way since 1955, inviting visitors to spend the day in the ultimate land of make -...
Wield gargantuan superpowers and fight to free humanity from
alien granddaddy Zinyak's mental grasp.
Nintendo is the
stubborn granddaddy of limited quantity releases (just look at how fast the Mini NES Classic and Nintendo Switch pre-orders disappeared into oblivion) and Limited Run Games operates on a similar — yet altogether more wholesome — principal.
A basic but timeless interpretation of video gaming's coin -
op granddaddy, Pinball gave programming prodigy Satoru Iwata a foot in the door at NCL.
ORIGINAL SHANTAE + WRAP PARTY: When you arrive at WayForward HQ, you'll receive the
ultra-rare granddaddy of video game collectables: a FACTORY SEALED SHANTAE for the Game Boy Color!
While GT5's physics were second to none in the console racing simulation spectrum, its numerous delays had allowed the competition to overtake the slow -
moving granddaddy.
From the younger - than -
Jesus granddaddy of the Post-Internet kids to one of today's fastest - rising painters, these are the artists everyone will be talking about this month.
Meanwhile, Frank Stella, the
eminent granddaddy of hard - edged abstraction, gets a museum - standard survey (Haunch of Venison, W1, to 19 Nov).
The Japanese carrier is a
veritable granddaddy as far as the technology goes — it has been deploying LTE commercially as far back as 2005, although it only launched it first LTE - enabled smartphone in November 2011.
Likewise, we use leftover biscuits from the day before, but you can also use sliced white bread like my Grandmother showed me one day
when Granddaddy had grabbed the last couple of biscuits she'd stashed away for her dressing as a «snack.»
The equal - opportunity,
granddaddy longlegs of all curmudgeons, Myron Lieberman, manages in one volume to savage teachers unions, education schools, the Education Writers Association, the New York Times, the Washington Post, education research, egalitarian school - choice proponents, and conservatives Diane Ravitch, Terry Moe, Frederick Hess, and Chester E. Finn Jr..
In a previous interview, McBride has gone on record as saying that their Halloween is not a «reboot», but rather will continue the mythology set up by the first two movies (Carpenter's
slasher granddaddy and Rick Rosenthal's fun, flawed follow - up):
«When it comes to environmental change, the implementation of the Three Gorges dam and reservoir is the
great granddaddy of all changes.»
The Continental Club, also located on South Congress Avenue, is the «
granddaddy of Austin music venues,» says Krauss, who sums up the ambiance as a hot rod morphed into a music venue.
After years in the wilderness, the value of bitcoin —
the granddaddy of crypto — is soaring.
Everyone knew Harley as
the granddaddy of motorcycling, but there was a low degree of relevance for them.
Location: Kansas Price: $ 1 million for half - floor unit / $ 2 million for full floor unit Bedrooms: see below Bathrooms: N / A Square footage: 900 half - floor / 1,820 full - floor unit There are others, but the Survival Condo is
the granddaddy of underground bunkers, making optimal use of an Atlas «F» missile base.
Alliance,
the granddaddy of the industry, would be taken out by a company that just five years ago was a struggling wholesaler of CDs, DVDs and videogames watching its business quickly become obsolete.
That city was once
the granddaddy of Mexican tourist destinations, but now is one of country's deadliest areas and no longer a mecca for international travelers.
Let's get started with the obvious,
the granddaddy of video online: YouTube.
But
the granddaddy of them all — the one factor that guarantees your sales success more than any other and the one method top producers have in common — is a sense of urgency.
«Perhaps
the granddaddy of all automotive scandals.»
His specialty, however, is open - water swimming,
the granddaddy of extreme endurance sports: since 2000, Bell has virtually owned the Bay Challenge, winning the individual category of the annual 10 - kilometre marathon across Vancouver's English Bay 10 times in competition with much younger men and women.
MassChallenge,
the granddaddy of them all, awards $ 1 million in cash and $ 10 million in in - kind prizes each year; additionally, finalists receive three months of extensive mentoring.
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